Android Studio productivity - lessons learned
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Android Studio brings tons of keyboard shortcuts that helps developers to keep hands more on the keyboard rather than relying much on the mouse. The lesser you use the mouse, results in faster development.
Here are some general tips how to boost your productivity and get your development on a higher level.
Here are some general tips how to boost your productivity and get your development on a higher level.
There are many ways to navigate a project inside Android Studio that doesn’t necessarily include having to look through a list of tabs and figure out where you have to click next.
Switch tabs off. You don’t need tabs.
While you are coding you don't need in your sight all the small buttons and the line numbers that are around your editor. Actually, ask your self when was the last time that you looked at line number?
Plugins can help you to do some boring everyday things like implementing parcelable code or generating some other boilerplate code that you need to do often or even with navigation. So choose your plugins carefully as they are you weapon of choice. Here are some that I'm using:
ADB Idea - debug android app over Wi-Fi
Android WiFiADB - debug android app over Wi-Fi
Inner Builder - adds a 'Builder' action to the Generate menu
CodeGlance - displays a zoomed out overview or minimap
Android Parcelable - generates an Android Parcelable implementation based on fields in the class
Well, let us see some of the shortcuts for android studio for Mac user. If you get used to this shortcuts and remember them your coding and navigation will be peace of cake.
Command Type
Shortcut
Display list of available auto-fixes for code warning/error at cursor
Alt+Enter
Rename all copies of the variable/method/class at cursor
Shift+F6
Generate code (incl. getters, setters, constructors, method overrides)
Cmd+N
Reformat code to conform to Android Studio's default style
Cmd+Alt+L
Comment/Uncomment all selected lines (also works in xml files)
Cmd+/
Find text in the current file
Cmd+F
Search for and open any file by name (filters as you type)
Cmd+Shift+O
Search for and list any occurrences of text
Cmd+Shift+F
Search for and go to any symbol (incl. variables and methods)
Alt+Cmd+O
Find and replace in current file
Cmd+R
Show available parameters for current method
Cmd+P
Show class structure in pop-up
Cmd+F12
List all usages of the variable/method/class at cursor
Cmd+Cmd+F7
List recently viewed files in pop-up
Cmd+E
List recently edited files in pop-up
Cmd+Shift+E
List implementations/overrides of class/interface/method at cursor
Cmd+Alt+B
View code hierarchy for symbol in pop-up
Ctrl+Cmd+H
View full refactor menu
Ctrl+T
View javadoc of symbol at cursor in pop-up
F1
View definition of method at cursor in pop-up
Cmd+Y
Skip back/forward through cursor position history
Cmd+[/]
Go to the declaration of the variable/method/class at cursor
Cmd+B
Go to given line number in current file
Cmd+L
Go to next highlighted error in current file
F2
Move code line at cursor up/down
Alt+Shift+up/down
Move code block at cursor up/down
Cmd+Shift+up/down
Duplicate current line
Cmd+D
Complete statement (add braces, parentheses, semi-colon)
Cmd+Shift+Enter
Insert new line below current cursor position
Shift+Enter
Toggle Project sidebar Visibility
Cmd+1
Toggle Run sidebar Visibility
Cmd+4
Toggle LogCat sidebar Visibility
Cmd+6
Build and Run
Ctrl+R
Run
Cmd+F9
Debug
Ctrl+Alt+D
Clipboard history
Cmd+Shift+V
Project settings
Cmd+,
For some common repetitive everyday tasks I added some custom shortcuts
Command Type
Shortcut
Sync with Gradle
Alt+Shift+S
Compare with same repository version
Cmd+Shift+D
Clean project
Cmd+Shift+L
Duplicate line
Ctrl+Cmd+down
Delete line
Cmd+D
This leacture was all about lessons learned from different articles and talks from some really awesome Android developers.
The powerful Android Studio - Saúl Molinero
{dev} tips - Sebastiano Poggi
No Tabs in IntelliJ IDEA - Hadi Hadiri
Android Studio tips of the day - Developer Phil
Presentations slides containing all links already listed above
Speaker: Marko Arsic (@mArsic)
